Thread: Talon SRX Motor Controller Problem
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Re: Talon SRX Motor Controller Problem
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Originally Posted by FTC Team CC View Post
Neither of our wires are connected to the middle pin - the green is connected to ground. By our understanding, the problem with the CAN wires is that they employ series circuiting rather than parallel. So if one of the motor controllers goes out, then the others stop working. This is the reason we are trying to use PWM ports, but correct us if we wrong about this.

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Supposedly, both pairs of Talon SRX wires are continuous with each other. You should also note that if you use PWM, you don't get any of the nice PID and active brake and coast switching features.
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